In Photos: High court rejects reopening 1966 murder case

A lawyer holds a banner reading "unjust ruling" in front of the Tokyo High Court in the capital's Chiyoda Ward on June 11, 2018, after the court ruled against opening a retrial of a 1966 murder case involving Iwao Hakamada. (Mainichi)

Iwao Hakamada is seen at his home in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, as he awaits a high court ruling to open a retrial of a 1966 murder case, on June 11, 2018. (Pool photo)

Iwao Hakamada's elder sister Hideko, center, and Katsuhiko Nishijima, right, head of the defense counsel for Hakamada, are seen along with supporters as they enter the Bengoshi Kaikan Hall in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on June 11, 2018, ahead of the Tokyo High Court decision on whether to reopen a 1966 murder case. (Mainichi)

Iwao Hakamada's sister Hideko, right, and defense counsel chief Katsuhiko Nishijima head to the Tokyo High Court in the capital's Chiyoda Ward on June 11, 2018. (Mainichi)

Iwao Hakamada's sister Hideko, center right, and defense counsel chief Katsuhiko Nishijima, center left, head to the Tokyo High Court in the capital's Chiyoda Ward on June 11, 2018. (Mainichi)

Supporters who have themselves fought to be cleared of false accusations, including, from right, Kazuo Ishikawa, Keiko Aoki and Toshikazu Sugaya, are seen in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on June 11, 2018. (Mainichi)

A lawyer, second from right, holds a banner reading "unjust ruling" in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward after the Tokyo High Court ruled against reopening a 1966 murder case involving Iwao Hakamada on June 11, 2018. (Mainichi)

A lawyer holds a banner reading "unjust ruling" in front of the Tokyo High Court in the capital's Chiyoda Ward on June 11, 2018. (Mainichi)